State of South Dakota

South Dakota Legislature

2011 Session Legislator Bills Sponsored

Detail Committees Bills Hearings

Representative James Schaefer

Prime Sponsor

Bill Title
HCR 1008 Expressing opposition to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' proposal to levy fees for the storage of water in the Missouri River reservoirs.

Co Sponsor

Bill Title
HB 1051 provide deadlines for the transmission of voter registration files.
HB 1052 revise the allowable ratio of pharmacy technicians to pharmacists.
HB 1054 increase the amount that the court may assess against the defendant for failure to appear in regard to certain motor vehicle violations.
HB 1056 establish an additional time period during which fireworks may be sold and discharged and to revise certain provisions regarding county regulation of fireworks.
HB 1072 provide for a study of the feasibility of establishing an equine processing facility and to make an appropriation therefor.
HB 1073 authorize a loan from the REDI fund for the purpose of constructing an equine processing facility.
HB 1074 revise the allowable time periods for use of nonresident small game hunting licenses.
HB 1123 provide for reciprocal nonresident trapping licenses.
HB 1124 authorize the taking of carp by snagging.
HB 1153 prohibit the Board of Education from adopting certain standards for the subject of history.
HB 1175 establish the jump start scholarship program.
HB 1177 revise certain provisions regarding the use of eminent domain.
HB 1189 impose a fee on certain pipelines carrying crude oil and to create a crude oil pipeline compensation fund that may be used in the event of a crude oil spill.
HB 1191 authorize school district boards to provide licensed day care facilities on or off school district property.
HB 1192 increase certain registration fees for the use of motor vehicles on the public highways.
HB 1197 require the party affiliations of candidates for municipal and school elections to be printed on the ballot.
HB 1205 provide for the distribution of certain stimulus money as state aid to education.
HB 1209 provide for the establishment of rural community-based energy development projects.
HB 1236 provide for a temporary decrease of legislator salaries.
HC 1001 Honoring and supporting the Scotland Kuchen Feier on the occasion of its second annual event.
HC 1002 Honoring and supporting Czech Days in Tabor, South Dakota, on the occasion of its sixty-third anniversary.
HC 1003 Commending and honoring the 2009-2010 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: Dean Christensen, Deuel, School Superintendent; Susan Proefrock, Belle Fourche, School Business Official; Micy Highstreet, Tri-Valley, Elementary School Principal; Steve Benson, Deuel, Secondary School Principal; Kyley Cumbow, Pierre, Assistant Middle School Principal; Becky Guffin, Aberdeen, Curriculum Director and Kristi Wallin, Lennox, Director of Special Education for being named outstanding administrators by their respective administrator parent groups.
HC 1008 Commending and honoring the Arlington Cardinals Girls State Class B Volleyball Championship Team, coaches, and staff.
HC 1009 Honoring 2011 Miss Rodeo America, McKenzie Haley.
HC 1012 Commending and honoring the forty-fifth anniversary of the Scottie Stampede Rodeo Days event and the Scotland Rodeo Club.
HC 1013 Commending and honoring the Mitchell School District Board of Education on its selection to receive the Associated School Boards of South Dakota School Board Award of Excellence for 2011.
HC 1016 Recognizing and honoring James and Theresa Sedlacek on receiving the 2009 Spark Plug of Scotland Award.
HC 1017 commending the 200th Camo Quilt Project for their support of the 200th Engineer Company of the South Dakota National Guard.
HC 1019 Honoring, commending, and thanking the 2010 retirees of the South Dakota Highway Patrol.
HC 1020 commending and honoring David Linngren, a member of the Watertown School District Board of Education, on his selection as the Associated School Boards of South Dakota Outstanding School Board Member of South Dakota for 2010.
HC 1021 Congratulating and commending the White River High School Boys Basketball Team for its State Class B Championship and successful 2009-2010 season.
HC 1022 Honoring the South Dakota Health Care Association on the occasion of its sixtieth anniversary.
HC 1023 Congratulating and honoring the Flandreau Fliers High School Football Team, its coaches, and student managers for their 2010 South Dakota State 11B Championship season.
HC 1024 Honoring Randy Parry for his work with the Maroney Rural Learning Center and his contributions to rural South Dakota.
HC 1027 Commending and honoring Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin for her six and a half years of service in the U.S. House of Representatives.
HC 1028 Honoring and commemorating Tripp-Delmont/Armour boys basketball head coach Burnell Glanzer on earning his 600th career win on February 24, 2011.
HC 1039 Commending and honoring SrA Blaine H. Reynolds for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Airman of the Year.
HC 1040 Commending and honoring Tsgt Jason C. Mark for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.
HC 1041 Commending and honoring MSgt Jonathan L. Goehring for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.
HC 1042 Commending and honoring TSgt Thomas D. Dummermuth for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Honor Guard Member of the Year.
HC 1043 Commending and honoring MSgt Scott H. Leebens for his selection as the South Dakota Air National Guard Outstanding First Sergeant of the Year.
HC 1044 Commending and honoring Sgt. Tanner Haines for his selection as the South Dakota Army National Guard Noncommissioned Officer of the Year (NCO) award.
HC 1045 Commending and honoring all the personnel of the South Dakota Air National Guard's 114th Fighter Wing for their selection as the most outstanding Air National Guard fighter unit in the nation.
HC 1046 Commending and honoring Spc. Rob Buechler for his selection as the South Dakota Army National Guard Soldier of the Year award.
HC 1048 Endorsing the Read Across America program.
HC 1049 Honoring the Webster Bearcats for winning the 2011 State B Wrestling Championship.
HC 1050 Honoring and recognizing Logan Storley on his state wrestling championship for the Webster High School Bearcats.
HC 1052 Commemorating the one hundred twenty-fifth anniversary of the Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce.
HCR 1002 To declare February 6, 2011, as Ronald Reagan Day, in South Dakota.
HCR 1004 Making certain legislative findings about the constitutionality of the federal health care system.
HCR 1006 In support of reforming the federal Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976.
HCR 1007 Endorsing Taiwan's participation as observer in the International Civil Aviation Organization and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
HCR 1009 Urging the reinstatement and funding of federal inspection programs governing equine slaughter and processing facilities.
HCR 1010 Recognizing the needs of certain veterans for state assistance.
HCR 1012 Urging local safety measures relating to horses and other animal entries in parades.
HCR 1013 Recognizing March 2, 2011, as Law Enforcement Appreciation Day in South Dakota.
HJR 1001 To propose a constitutional amendment to provide for the purchase, construction, and operation of a horse processing plant.
HJR 1004 Proposing and submitting to the electors at the next general election an amendment to Article V, section 1 of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota relating to prohibiting the application of international law, the law of foreign nations, and certain foreign religious or moral codes in the state courts of South Dakota.
SB 91 revise certain provisions relating to nonresident special deer hunting licenses in central South Dakota.
SB 111 extend for two years the period of time in which school districts may expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation, insurance, energy, and utility costs.
SB 180 impose a fee on certain pipelines carrying crude oil and to create a crude oil pipeline compensation fund that may be used in the event of a crude oil spill.
SC 2 Commending and honoring United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, United States District Court Judge John Roll, and all those who lost their lives and demonstrated courage in light of the tragedy that occurred in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday, January 8, 2011.
SC 4 Congratulating and honoring Susan Turnipseed of Brookings as South Dakota's 2011 Teacher of the Year.
SC 13 Recognizing the work of the Girl Scouts in combating bullying and cyber bullying.
SC 16 Congratulating the Deuel High School Girls Gymnastics Team for winning the State Class A Gymnastics Team Tournament on February 18, 2011.
SC 17 Commending and honoring Jim Schlekeway, a teacher in the Mobridge-Pollock School District, on his retirement from the school district after forty-three exceptional years in education.
SC 19 Honoring and commemorating the town of Armour on its quasquicentennial celebration.
SC 23 Commending and honoring former Army Corporal Frank Buckles for his service in World War I.
SCR 2 Urging the United States Congress to appropriate $35 million in fiscal year 2012 for the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System
SCR 3 Urging the United States Department of Agriculture to use sound science in making regulatory decisions.